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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So she is actually doing her job, just not going above any beyond? And you feel as though firing her without severance, without a conversation/chance for improvement, might be justified? Reverse the situation. You were performing the assigned tasks at your job and had no indication that your boss was less than satisfied (because they never said anything to you) and then you are fired without severance...pretty shitty, eh?

Act like a boss and have a conversation with your nanny. If this is too difficult, you are perhaps not cut out to be an employer. [/quote]

No professional would think her job entails sitting on the couch for 5 hours a day.  This kind of performance is on par with a high school sitter.  Talking to the nanny and assigning specific chores might yield marginal improvement, but it isn't going to turn her into a hard-working professional who looks for ways to help this family run more smoothly and raise its children more effectively.[/quote]

She is transporting the kids safely to and from school, keeping them on schedule, keeping up with the tasks she was assigned...if OP is not giving her more tasks, what else is she "supposed" to be doing. No, she is not going above the call of duty and taking on tasks herself but she is, technically, performing her job requirements. [/quote]

What about the fact that she's folding the laundry while the younger one is awake and she's supposed to be picking the older one up at school?  She doesn't have enough time in those 5 1/2 hours that she's alone?[/quote]

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